This week we mainly talk about the Bible. we touch on how it was put together and we share with listeners the Bible verses and stories which mean the most to us. Along the way, Nick does a quick history lesson and Joe reckons that Jesus spoke like a market trader.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Negroni - Wikipedia
• Perfect Martini
• Harry Craddock
• Munther Isaac - Wikipedia
• Promised Land or Lands of Promise?: Understanding Israel Today in the Light of Christ
• From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth: A Christ-Centred Biblical Theology of the Promised Land
• Nick Page | The Badly Behaved Bible
• First Nations Version New Testament

It's our ninth anniversary! So, for a nice, relaxed, party-like topic we talk about Israel. Why is it that so many Christians support modern Israel so strongly? How can we respond when there is so much violence and hatred on all sides? Where is the Kingdom of God in all this? Also Nick has discovered some scriptural golf balls and Joe has been rewriting the Bible. Again.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Level 42
• BBC One - Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles
• The Divine Comedy

In a packed feedback episode, we consider time, baptism, re-writing scripture, the omniscience of God and the problem of evil. Among other things. Also Nick has his nerd buttons pressed, and Joe has a new heretical disorder.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Minster in Sheppey
• Traitors BBC
• Marcion
• Thomas Jefferson bible
• The Long Walk
• Thomas Kelly - A Testament of Devotion
• Wild at Heart
• Episode 51: The Mystery of the Cross
• Episode 50: The Scandal of The Cross
• Episode 154: An interview with Brian McLaren – Part 1
• Episode 155: An Interview with Brian McLaren – Part 2
• John Smith - an excerpt from Nick's book A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation

Joe interviews Thomas Jay Oord. Theologian, philosopher and, it seems, Joe's new BFF, Tom directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He share his faith journey with us and discusses the idea of an uncontrolling God, the limits of both science and religion, and how the idea of love shapes everything around us.

• Thomas Jay Oord
• Thomas Jay Oord - Books
• God after deconstruction
• God Can't
• Open and Relational Theology
• Thomas Jay Oord on substack
• Centre for Open and Relational Theology

In a follow up to last week's episode we think more about how to process anger. Joe interviews psychotherapist Becky Francis and we talk about the need for reflective practice, and digging into the anger produced by grief and loss. And in a shock move, Joe ends with a Bible passage.

• The Wombles
• Rolf Dobelli | Stop Reading the News
• Norway's NRK broadcasts 12-hour wood burning programme
• Thomas Erickson | Surrounded by Idiots
• Becky Francis Therapy
• Gottman | The Four Horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
• Vanstone | The Stature of Waiting

In what has been a brutal week, we think again about what it means to be a peaceful presence in our world. What practices will help us? What actions should we take? How do we stand up for what is right, without demonising our opponents?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - BBC iPlayer
• The Great British Sewing Bee - BBC iPlayer
• The Great British Bake Off - Official Website
• Pendon Museum
• This Present Darkness - Wikipedia
• John's Poem: One Consequence of Salvation (I hope)
• Dave Gregory | Divine Windows: Seeing God through the lens of science
• God Saw That It Was Good - Videos
• Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says - BBC News
• Contact your MP - UK Parliament
• Cartoon - Duty Calls

Yes, we're back. And this week Joe interviews a surprise special guest on the podcast who tells us all about an article wot he wrote. Also we have BIG NEWS about the Mid-faith Crisis Church Away Weekend 2026! Join us in the Lake District for a weekend of conversation, relaxation and reflection.

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• Inception Point — AI spam podcasts with no listeners – Pivot to AI
• The Mid-faith Crisis Church Weekend Away 2026
• Bryn Haworth
• We've learned all we can from US megachurches. Let's be inspired by the Global Majority Church | Nick Page

Nick is (momentarily) back from holiday, Joe has (surprisingly) been in a prayer meeting and we talk (randomly) about the importance of small moments of joy and kindness, and the necessity of creating everyday rituals to enrich our lives.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Great Dixter
• Shostakovich Fifth Symphony | Aurora Orchestra
• The Dark Night of the Shed | Nick Page
• The Ritual Effect | Michael Norton